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indigestive

American  
[in-di-jes-tiv, -dahy-] / ˌɪn dɪˈdʒɛs tɪv, -daɪ- /

adjective

  1. accompanied by or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic.


indigestive British  
/ ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪv /

adjective

  1. relating to or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of indigestive

First recorded in 1625–35; in- 3 + digestive

Example Sentences

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He expresses adoration for his wife with indigestive grunts and coddles his daughter by saying "Such a very red little rose."

From Time Magazine Archive

He took his usual poor eighteenpennyworth of food in his usual indigestive way, and had as little to say for himself as ever a wonderful man had.

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles

There were two soups, three fishes, dozens of entrées, three or four joints—the mere memory of it is indigestive.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891 by Various

It is found that the stomach has the power of gradually accommodating indigestive powers to the food it habitually receives.

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther

Digestive, indigestive torpor is also torpor of the sense of responsibility.

From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Dewey, Edward Hooker